Elizabeth W. Alm

Multi-year, winter-specific wastewater surveillance during and after the COVID-19 pandemic reveals temporal changes in antibiotic resistance genes, mobile genetic elements, and bacterial communities

Evidence suggests that antimicrobial resistant organisms were able to proliferate during and after the COVID-19 pandemic due to antibiotic misuse, attempts to find appropriate COVID-19 treatment, and secondary infection treatment. Wastewater surveillance has allowed for community...